So, I just got word from… someone… somewhere… that they just registered a book at AuthorsBookshop.com for a person that is close to them… as a Christmas present!
I’m not saying who did this, or where they are from, or in what way they are related to the recipient to protect the surprise.
But I just had [...]

Here’s another chapter in the saga of Vox Pop — our attempts to expand our bookstore/cafe/publishing empire. Enjoy! — Andy Laties

Chapter 4
When he released me from his embrace, Shelly Drobny reached into the air, strained upwards with his fingers, grasped something invisible, and shouted, “You’ve got the brass ring!”
The plan was a million dollars to [...]

I am changing things up a bit for the next show. Instead of bringing in one guest and picking their brain about what makes them successful, I have invited a small panel of folks that have one thing in common: They all know how to hustle their books.
With so many self-marketing outlets available to [...]

Here’s something that showed up in my inbox that looks like a fun and important read:

COMING IN DECEMBERSelf-Defense for Radicals: A to Z Guide for Subversive StruggleBy Mickey ZRadicals, feminists, environmentalists. Activists for animal rights, human rights, civil rights. There are plenty of rebels and dissidents putting their asses on the line. Conversely, there’s [...]

Vox Pop, Sander, and Me — Chapter 2
Mid-sentence the photographer across the street entered my awareness. How long had he been standing there? Sunglasses, khaki jacket, muscular, bulky camera, snapping photos of me? Me and Holley, rather, chatting about our big plans.
The Vox Pop lease had been signed. It was September 2004 and [...]

Malcolm Gladwell had this to say in a recent New Yorker:
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At a hearing on Capitol Hill in May, James Moroney, the publisher of the Dallas Morning News, told Congress about negotiations he’d just had with the online retailer Amazon. The idea was to license his newspaper’s content to the Kindle, Amazon’s new electronic reader. “They [...]

Thanks to author and media commentator Paul Levinson for this cross-posting:
I voted for Barack Obama, don’t like Fox News, and think our health system is in need of long due reform. I thought the McCain campaign was one of the worst in years, bringing lowlights ranging from Sarah Palin to Joe the Plumber on to [...]